Fan



R. I. FAUCETT.

FAN.

APPLICATION man saw-3. 1920.

1,401,972. Patented J n- 3, 1922.

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11 TTORNEYS R. I. FAUCETT.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 3. 192

1,401,972 Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

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nrramgrs ROBERT ISAAC FAUCETT, OF DELAWARE, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 1&22.

Application filed. September 3, 1920. Serial No. 407,852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT I. FAUon'r'r, a citizen of the United States,and a resi dent of Delaware, in the county of Delaware and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fans, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in fans, and the invention has for itsobject to provide a fan especially adapted for use in connection withswings, as, for instance, porch swings, for creating a cooling currentof air toward the occupants of the swing, and controlled by the swingingof the swing.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an end view of a swing provided with the fan;

Figure 2 is a front View.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with aporch swing consisting of a seat or chair 1 of usual construction, whichis supported from the ceiling timbers 2 of the porch, a suitabledistance above the floor 3, by means of chains a. These chains areconnected at their tops with hooks 5 in the beams 2 of the ceiling, andat their lower ends they are branched as shown at 6 to connect with thefront and rear of the seat.

In order to provide the cooling current of air I arrange the fan abovethe seat. In the present instance this fan consists of a bar 7 having onits under side hooks 8, with which may be connected a sheet 9 of cloth,for instance, or any other suitable material.

This bar 7 is supported by flexible members 10, which are connected withthe hooks 5 before mentioned at one end and with hooks 11 on the top ofthe bar at the other.

The bar also has a hook 12 in its rear side at the center thereof, andwith this hook is connected one end of a flexible member 13. The saidmember passes over a pulley 14 which is journaled in rear of the swingin a depending substantially U- shaped bracket 15 connected with theceiling beams 2 of the porch. From the pulley 14 the flexible memberpasses downwardly beneath a pulley 16 journaled in rear of the seat andthence forwardly to a connection with the hook 17 at the rear of theseat and in the center thereof.

In operation, when the seat swings, each forward movement thereof willcause the bar 7 to swing rearwardly, the bar swing ing on the flexiblemembers 10. When the seat moves rearwardly the bar will swing forwardlyby gravity, since with the seat in normal position the bar is in rear ofthe connection upon which it swings, that is, the bar tends to swingforwardly when it is in normal position. Thus a cooling current of airwill be created by the movement of the fan, which will cool theoccupants.

I claim:

l. The combina ion with a swinging seat having means whereby the samemay be suspended from an overhead support, of flexible elementssuspended from said support, a fan above said seat and having a barconnected to and supported by said flexible elements, stationary pulleysarranged rearwardly of said seat, a flexible operating member connectedto the intermediate portion of said bar and trained about said pulleys,and a hook carried by the rear side of said seat at the bottom of thesame and having connection with the lower end of said flexible operatingmember whereby the swinging of said seat oscillates the fan in theopposite direction, said flexible operating member being locatedentirely at the rear and above the seat.

2. The combination with a swinging seat having means wherebythe same maybe suspended from a support, of flexible elements suspended from saidsupport, a fan arranged above said seat and having a bar connected toand supported by said flexible elements, stationary guide means arrangedrearwardly of said seat, a flexible operating element connected to therear side of said swing at the lower portion of the same and'to the barof said fan and passed through said stationary guide means, said fanbeing provided with a depending sheet.

ROBERT ISAAC FAUCETT.

